Shamus
There's something happenin' here. What it is ain't exactly clear. To explain...
Following that recent double up by Jared Hamby through James Taylor, there was some dispute about whether or not Hamby actually received what he was due from Taylor at the hand's conclusion. It took Hamby a while to count up the chips he'd won, and indeed, a hand was played before he was finished doing so. When he was finished counting, Hamby said he was short -- exactly 34,000 chips.
The tape was checked, and despite the objections of Hamby -- and many of the other players at the table -- it was determined he did receive the correct chips. They continue to discuss the matter over there, but it looks as though they are moving on.
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Robert Mason raised it up first in from the small blind, only to see Cody Slaubaugh move all in with a relatively short stack. Mason quickly called, tabling . Slaubaugh was in bad shape with his .
All of the drama was over very quickly as the dealer spread out a flop of . The rest of the board was meaningless, as Slaubaugh was drawing stone dead. He's headed for the payout desk, and Mason is now sitting pretty with 310,000 chips.
Shamus
Preflop action left two players all in -- Andras Nemes and Leonid Yanovski -- with Martin Jacobson having both covered. All three had pocket pairs: Jacobson had queens, Nemes had nines, and Yanovski fours.
The board came , and Jacobson had knocked out two players. He's now up to 495,000.
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With the board showing , James Taylor made a final bet and Thanhdat Tran called. Taylor turned over , and Tran mucked.
"Are you even a real person?" asked Jared Hamby of Taylor afterwards. Taylor continues to run inhumanly well, and is now up to 690,000. Tran has 120,000.
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On a flop of , James "mig.com" Mackey made a bet of 40,000. Young Phan moved all in for a total of 90,500, and Mackey made the call to put him to the test.
"Don't show me spades!" pleaded Phan, as he turned over for the made straight. Mackey didn't have spades, and his was well behind.
The turn brought the , drawing a quiet, "Oh sh*t," from Phan, fearful of Mackey drawing a better straight. The on the river was safe though, and Phan has earned himself a double up.
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Cody Slaubaugh opened with a big raise to 100,000 from middle position, leaving himself about 35,000 behind. Then Matt Heiligenthaler pushed all in from late position with his stack of 105,000. It folded back to Slaubaugh who called the extra 5,000.
Slaubaugh showed and Heiligenthaler . The board came , and Heiligenthaler is up to 215,000. Slaubaugh now sits with just 30,000.
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Jared Hamby
Jared Hamby was all in before the flop for about 85,000 holding . He found action from Scott Pendergrast who tabled , trailing in the hand but having Hamby's tournament life in his hands.
The flop came . Hamby stared at the board. "Is that a good flop for me?" he asked with a chuckle. "I can't lose." Indeed, he needed only to dodge running fours to stay alive. The turn was the , and the landed on the river, locking up the full pot for Hamby with his ten kicker playing. He's notched a big double up, sitting now with 180,000 -- his high point for the day.
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Bertrand Grospellier
We caught up with this one on the turn. With the board and some chips already in the middle, Steven Ayoub bet 35,000 and Bertrand Grospellier made the call. The river brought the , and this time Ayoub bet 60,000. Grospellier tanked for some time, then finally announced he was calling.
"Nice call," said Ayoub. Grospellier waited for Ayoub to show his hand. "King-high," said Ayoub, turning over . ElkY then tabled his hand -- .
"Wow," said Roland de Wolfe, sitting to Grospellier's left. Grospellier is up to 510,000 now, while Ayoub slips to 165,000.
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Benjamin Scholl raised to 17,000 from middle position, and it folded back around to Scott Dorsch who raised to 40,000 from the big blind. Scholl repopped all in, and Dorsch called with his last 100,000 or so.
Dorsch had , while Scholl had . The board came . Dorsch is out, and Scholl up to 310,000.
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. Slaubaugh was in bad shape with his 
.
. The rest of the board was meaningless, as Slaubaugh was drawing stone dead. He's headed for the payout desk, and Mason is now sitting pretty with 310,000 chips.
, and Jacobson had knocked out two players. He's now up to 495,000.
against Taylor's 
, and his hand held up. 
, James Taylor made a final bet and Thanhdat Tran called. Taylor turned over 
, and Tran mucked.
, James "mig.com" Mackey made a bet of 40,000. Young Phan moved all in for a total of 90,500, and Mackey made the call to put him to the test.
for the made straight. Mackey didn't have spades, and his 
was well behind.
, drawing a quiet, "Oh sh*t," from Phan, fearful of Mackey drawing a better straight. The 
on the river was safe though, and Phan has earned himself a double up.
, and Heiligenthaler is up to 215,000. Slaubaugh now sits with just 30,000.
. He found action from Scott Pendergrast who tabled 
, and the 
. ElkY then tabled his hand --